Philip Jackson

Biography

Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor, known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood. Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London. His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Little Voice (1998). His television appearances have included Coronation Street, Robin of Sherwood, A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Little Britain, Hamish Macbeth, Raised by Wolves and Last of the Summer Wine. He has also appeared in the films Scum, Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street, Brassed Off, Mike Bassett: England Manager, "Grow Your Own", and My Week with Marilyn. He also appeared in the music video of A-Ha's "Take On Me"

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Silent Witness

Casualty

New Tricks

Play for Today

All Movies (73)

• Becoming Victoria Wood2026 · as Self
• Your Move2023 · as Mikey
• The Peacock2023 · as Lord Hamish
• Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple2020 · as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
• Bumps2020 · as Howard
• Peterloo2018 · as John Knight
• Above the Clouds2018 · as William
• Patrick's Day2014 · as John Freeman
• Believe2013 · as Bob
• Ragged2013 · as Prison Governor
• The Best Offer2013 · as Fred
• Spike Island2012 · as Mr. Jackson
• Stars in Shorts2012 · as Trevor
• My Week with Marilyn2011 · as Roger Smith
• City State2011 · as William
• Friend Request Pending2011 · as Trevor
• The First Men in the Moon2010 · as Voice of Grand Lunar
• Margaret2009 · as Bernard Ingham
• Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley2008 · as Alfred Roberts
• Fanny Hill2007 · as Mr. Croft
• Grow Your Own2007 · as Big John
• I Want Candy2007 · as Stephen, Joe's Dad
• A Little Trip to Heaven2005 · as William
• The Best Man2005 · as Mr. Barker
• Von Trapped2004 · as Torsten
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta2003 · as Logan
• Second Nature2003 · as Lawrence Augenblick
• Coogan's Runner2003 · as Self
• Cruise of the Gods2002 · as Hugh Bispham
• The Intended2002 · as Norton
• Crime and Punishment2002 · as Marmaladov
• Mike Bassett: England Manager2001 · as Lonnie Urquart
• Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Willis
• Around The World In 80 Days2000 · as Inspector Fix (voice)
• Little Voice1998 · as George
• What Rats Won't Do1998
• Girls' Night1998 · as Dave Simpson
• Cousin Bette1998 · as De Wissembourg
• Our Boy1998 · as DS Yorke
• The Opium War1997 · as 船长怀特
• Brassed Off1996 · as Jim
• The Last Dance1993 · as Police Inspector
• 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight1993 · as Stan Eastwood
• Bad Behavior1993 · as Howard Spink
• Thacker1992 · as Ben Royce
• High Hopes1989 · as Martin Burke
• The Storyteller: The Luck Child1988 · as King
• The Dark Room1988 · as Greg
• On the Palm1987 · as Dawlish
• The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Burkinshaw
• Rat in the Skull1987 · as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
• A Passage to Wisbech1986 · as Narrator
• The Doctor and the Devils1985 · as Andrew Merry-Lees
• Glamour Night1985 · as Bob
• Give My Regards to Broad Street1984 · as Alan
• Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer1984 · as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
• A Pattern of Roses1983 · as Builder
• Pocketful of Dreams1982 · as Denny
• Pasmore1980 · as Colin Pasmore
• Games Without Frontiers1980 · as Clive
• Scum1979 · as Mr Greaves
• Afternoon Off1979 · as Bernard
• A Little Outing1977 · as Geoff
• Pressure1976 · as 2nd CID Officer
• Rogue Male1976 · as 1st Seaman
• The Chester Mystery Plays1976
• Well Thank You, Thursday1976 · as Stan
• Keep an Eye on Albert1975 · as Tarpy
• Pig Bin1974 · as Ken
• Blooming Youth1973 · as Jeff
• Shakespeare or Bust1973 · as Hippie
• The Pigeon Fancier1971 · as Harry
• True Love (Once Removed)— · as Bus driver

All TV Shows (78)

• The Day of the Jackal2024 · as Trevor
• Sherwood2022 · as Mickey Sparrow
• Avoidance2022 · as Peter
• The Window2021 · as Martin Dewsbury
• Murder, They Hope2021 · as Phil
• Isolation Stories2020 · as Peter
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators2018 · as Chamberlain
• Bad Move2017 · as Ken
• The Good Karma Hospital2017 · as Paul Smart
• Raised by Wolves2015 · as Grampy
• Boomers2014 · as Alan
• Cuckoo2012 · as Tony
• Playhouse Presents2012 · as Prison Governor
• Death in Paradise2011 · as David Witton
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Sugartown2011
• The Queen2009 · as Harold Wilson
• Home Time2009 · as Roy Jacks
• Crooked House2008 · as Joseph Bloxham
• Place of Execution2008 · as Old George Bennett
• Fanny Hill2007 · as Mr. Croft
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006 · as Jovius
• The Chase2006
• The Chase2006 · as Frank Jones
• Funland2005 · as Leo Finch
• London2004 · as Samuel Pepys
• Murder in Suburbia2004 · as Bill Jackson
• Hustle2004 · as Arthur Bond
• Shameless2004 · as Barry
• New Tricks2004
• Little Britain2003
• Trust2003 · as James
• Foyle's War2002 · as Alan Carter
• The Sins2000 · as Mickey Thomas
• Black Cab2000 · as Robert
• The Vice1999 · as Nigel Wingrave
• The Last Salute1998 · as Leonard Spanwick
• The Ambassador1998
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Daniel Snape
• Silent Witness1996
• Black Hearts in Battersea1995 · as Eustace Buckle
• Bramwell1995 · as Ronald Kennedy
• Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Malachi McBean
• The Wimbledon Poisoner1994 · as Detective Inspector Russell Rush
• Downwardly Mobile1994
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as Sergent Sharpe
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as D.S. Sharpe
• Heartbeat1992 · as Ken Marsden
• Heartbeat1992 · as Brian Simpson
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Patron
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Police Sergeant
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Assistant Commissioner Japp
• The Storyteller1988 · as King
• The Play on One1988 · as Greg
• Lizzie's Pictures1987
• Casualty1986 · as Rob Royson
• Screen Two1985 · as Dawlish
• Robin of Sherwood1984 · as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
• Sounding Brass1980 · as Arthur Mannion
• Two Up, Two Down1979
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as George Forester
• Leave it to Charlie1978 · as Geoffrey
• Strangers1978 · as Nose Treacy
• Pennies from Heaven1978 · as Dave
• Life at Stake1978 · as Mallison
• For the Love of Albert1977
• Brensham People1976 · as Jeremy Briggs
• Red Letter Day1976 · as Stan
• Churchill's People1974 · as Boatman
• Porridge1974 · as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
• Playhouse1974 · as Clive
• Playhouse1974 · as Denny
• Second City Firsts1973 · as Ken
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Carson
• Last of the Summer Wine1973 · as Gordon
• Play for Today1970 · as Colin Pasmore
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Thompson